Dense fog and poor visibility hamper movement of trains

PATNA: Dense fog and poor visibility on the Kanpur-Prayagraj-Pt Deendayal Upadhyay Junction-Patna mainline route hampered the movement of several special passenger trains on Monday.
While the Delhi-Rajendra Nagar Terminal Rajdhani Express (02310) arrived at Patna 180 minutes behind schedule, the Delhi-Rajgir Shramjeevi Express (02392) was delayed by 80 minutes and Delhi-Rajendra Nagar Terminal Sampoorna Kranti Express (02394) by 150 minutes.The Delhi-Howrah Poorva Express (02304), Bengaluru-Danapur Sanghamitra Express (02296), Delhi-Bhagalpur Vikramshila Express (02368) and other trains were also delayed on Monday.
Meanwhile, the frequency of many trains originating from or passing through the jurisdiction of the East Central Railway has been reduced till January 31. Some of them include the Patna-Howrah Janshatabdi Express, Rajgir-Delhi Shramjeevi Express and Rajendra Nagar Terminal-Delhi Sampoorna Kranti Express.
The frequency of the Saharsa-Delhi Express, Jaynagar-Delhi Express, Raxaul-Anand Vihar Express, Muzaffarpur-Anand Vihar Express, Dhanbad-Firozpur Cantt Express, Gaya-Delhi Express, Jaynagar-Amritsar Express, Sitamarhi-Anand Vihar Express, Dibrugarh-Lalgarh Express and Bhagalpur-Anand Vihar Express has also been reduced due to dense fog prevailing on the Delhi-Pt Deendayal Upadhyay Junction-Patna-Jhajha-Howrah route.
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Trains cancelled
The railways has cancelled six pairs of special passenger trains — Sealdah-Ajmer Express, Delhi-Malda Express, Danapur-Anand Vihar Express, Kamakhya-Anand Vihar Express, Dibrugarh-Amritsar Express and Alipurduar-Delhi Express — till February 2.